RPI Campus.News August 15, 2005: Out and About: Young Actors Guild Students Perform Musical

Campus.News for the Week of August 15, 2005

Out and About: Young Actors Guild Students Perform Musical — A Year With Frog and Toad

More than 80 children from more than 35 Capital Region elementary, junior high, and high schools put their acting talents to the test for a four-night run of the musical A Year With Frog and Toad, at the RPI Playhouse Aug. 3-5. The Young Actors Guild, a Rensselaer Union-sponsored program, is a nonprofit children's theater organization in its 16th season at Rensselaer. The students participated in a five-week summer program — including classes in acting, dance, movement, and music — taught by professionals.

"Theater is a great opportunity for children to explore, not only their creativity, but the person that they are inside," said Mary D'Amico, director of the Young Actors Guild. "The changes happen very subtly, and as they work with other actors and explore material that they're working with, it brings up lessons in life that they may not have explored otherwise. The mission of the program is to encourage a child's self-discovery by providing an environment where children can enhance their self-expression, stimulate their imaginations, and develop strong self-esteem."

Photos by Jody Coonradt ’05

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